Google India lays off 453 employees from various departments

Google, the tech giant, is learned to have laid off 453 employees from various departments in India late on Thursday night.

Sanjay Gupta, director and vice president of Google India, emailed the affected workers. Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., revealed last month that 12,000 workers, or 6% of its global workforce, had been laid off.

Mail to employees

Sundar Pichai, the company's CEO, also emailed employees saying he takes "full responsibility for the decisions that got us here." “We have already sent a separate email to affected US employees. In other countries, the process will take longer due to local laws and customs,” he said.

Pichai also said the company conducted a "rigorous review across product areas and functions" to ensure people and roles were aligned with the company's top priorities. “The roles we are removing reflect the result of this review. They apply to Alphabet, product areas, functions, tiers and regions,” he wrote in an email.

Layoffs by Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta

Earlier in January, Microsoft cut 10,000 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce. Amazon is also laying off 18,000 employees. Facebook's parent company, Meta, also said it was eliminating 11,000 roles worldwide.